Point of View

Point of View Quiz

Name: Date:
Directions: Read each statement or example below. Choose one (or more) of the following Point of View
terms and write it (or them) in the boxes in each row. Terms: 1st Person, 2nd Person, 3rd Person, 3rd
Person - Limited, 3rd Person-Omniscient, Subjective, Objective

1. The author can shift focus from character to character. The author’s narrator
shares knowledge of each main character’s thoughts and of events which no single
character could be aware.
2. The author, when speaking of the main character, uses pronouns like you and
yours.
3. The author picks one character and follows him or her around for the duration of
the book.
4. This point of view is the least often used by writers.
5. The author, when speaking of the main character, uses pronouns like I, me, mine.
6. You say, “I’m only going to say this once. I am not going with you to the mall.”
You hate doing it but have no intention of admitting to him that the reason is that
you want to work on your history project.
7. The author’s narrator shares the thoughts, feelings, and memories of the main
character.
8. The author, when speaking of the main character, uses pronouns like he, him, his.
9. Harry said, “I’m only going to say this once. I am not going with you to the mall.”
10. I said, “I’m only going to say this once. I am not going with you to the mall.”
11. The author’s narrator tells only what can be seen and heard. The narrator does not
give the reader the internal thoughts or feelings of any of the characters. This type
of narration is like a store’s surveillance camera recording the audio and video of
the events that occur within its line of sight.
12. Harry told Nathan, “I’m only going to say this once. I am not going with you to
the mall.” Harry felt he would loose Nathan’s friendship all together if Nathan
knew why he didn’t want to go. Harry was judging Nathan too harshly. Nathan
would have helped him study, not ditched him.
13. Harry told Nathan, “I’m only going to say this once. I am not going with you to
the mall.” Nathan gave Harry a crooked grin, turned, and walked away.
When Nathan was out of sight, he stopped and said, “I’ll bet he wanted to study
and he didn’t want me to know it.”
14. The author takes on the personality of a character in the story and has that
character narrate the story to the reader.

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Point of View Quiz – Answer Sheet

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Terms: 1 Person, 2nd Person, 3rd Person, 3rd Person - Limited, 3rd Person-Omniscient, Subjective,
Objective
Student Directions: Read each statement or example below. Choose one (or more) of the following Point of
View terms and write it (or them) in the boxes in each row.

3rd Person – 1. The author can shift focus from character to character. The author’s narrator
Omniscient shares knowledge of each main character’s thoughts and of events which no
Subjective single character could be aware.
2. The author, when speaking of the main character, uses pronouns like you and
2nd Person
yours.
3. The author picks one character and follows him or her around for the duration
1st Person
of the book.
2nd Person 4. This point of view is the least often used by authors.
5. The author, when speaking of the main character, uses pronouns like I, me,
1st Person
mine.
6. You say, “I’m only going to say this once. I am not going with you to the
2nd Person
mall.” You hate doing it but have no intention of admitting to him that the
Subjective
reason is that you want to work on your history project.
1st Person 7. The author’s narrator shares the thoughts, feelings, and memories of one main
3rd Person character.
8. The author, when speaking of the main character, uses pronouns like he, him,
3rd Person
his.
9. Harry said, “I’m only going to say this once. I am not going with you to the
3rd Person
mall.”
1st Person 10. I said, “I’m only going to say this once. I am not going with you to the mall.”
11. The author’s narrator tells only what can be seen and heard. The narrator does
3rd Person – not give the reader the internal thoughts or feelings of any of the characters.
Objective This type of narration is like a store’s surveillance camera recording the audio
and video of the events that occur within its line of sight.
12. Harry told Nathan, “I’m only going to say this once. I am not going with you
3rd Person –
to the mall.” Harry felt he would loose Nathan’s friendship all together if
Omniscient
Nathan knew why he didn’t want to go. He judged Nathan too harshly. Nathan
Subjective
would have helped him study, not ditched him.
13. Harry told Nathan, “I’m only going to say this once. I am not going with you
3rd Person –
to the mall.” Nathan gave Harry a crooked grin, turned, and walked away.
Omniscient
When Nathan was out of sight, he stopped and said, “I’ll bet he wanted to study
Objective
and he didn’t want me to know it.”
14. The author takes on the personality of a character in the story and has that
1st Person
character narrate the story to the reader.

Read It, Write It, Tell It 54 Point of View – H.B.Stowe